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Since we are an all-volunteer group, we are always in need of donated items, services, and cash donations.
 



Here are some general supplies we can always use:

 

  • FOSTER HOMES - Learn how to join our foster network
  • Pet food, canned or dry, any brand
  • Pet carriers, all sizes
  • Wire crates, all sizes
  • Humane traps (available at Menard's, Farm & Fleet, Home Depot)
  • Towels and blankets
  • Laundry soap and bleach
  • Paper towels
  • Kitten milk replacer to feed orphaned kittens
  • Chicken flavor baby food
  • Heated water bowls (available at Menard's)
  • Sturdy plastic dog houses
  • Volunteers (Fundraising or marketing help, bookkeepers, etc)
  • Donated land and/or building for a permanent facility

 

 

Spay Day Items Needed: If you work at a hospital (or have friends/relatives that do), please inquire as to whether items on the following list can be donated because they are near or past the expiration date, are partially-used (package is open and cannot be used for another patient), just surplus, or whatever...  We can provide a copy of our 501(c)(3) if needed.  Please, talk to friends or relatives.  Or, print off this letter and give to your doctor or dentist.

 

 Examples of Supplies needed:

  • Suture (2-0, 3-0 preferred) *much needed*
  • Gauze
  • Syringes
  • Fluid bags
  • Autoclave
  • Gloves (exam or sterile surgical)
  • Needles (18 ga to 25 ga)
  • Alcohol
  • Heparin
  • Surgical towels
  • Drapes
  • Hydrogen peroxide
  • Iodine
  • Absorbable pads, blankets or towels
  • Bedding
  • Blood collection tubes
  • Cotton-tipped applicators
  • Specimen cups
  • Otoscope
  • Opthalmoscope

 

 

 

HOW TO HELP FINANCIALLY THROUGH WILLS, STOCKS & REAL ESTATE


 

FINANCIAL SUPPORT can take several different forms. In addition to outright cash gifts, we also accept real estate, stocks, and other conventional gifts, and we also can be a designated beneficiary in your will. Below are some guidelines that should be used for informational purposes only. Please contact your lawyer for additional information.

Real Estate | Stocks | Bequests and Wills

 

Real Estate
Gifts of appreciated real estate held long term might entitle you to an income tax deduction for the full fair market value of the real estate. It is also possible to make a gift of a personal residence, farm or vacation home, reserving the right to occupy it for as long as you or your spouse live. If this gift is irrevocable, you qualify for an immediate income tax deduction. The amount of the deduction is calculated on life expectancy so the amount of the deduction is greater if you are older at the time of the gift.


 
Closely Held Stock (Private corporation)
A gift of closely held stock may produce a current income tax charitable deduction equal to the fair market value of the stock. Your corporation may then purchase and redeem shares of the stock from CATsNAP. You receive a tax benefit and the outstanding stock is returned to your business.


 
Bequests and Gifts Through Wills
In planning your estate, you should remember that outright bequests to CATsNAP, as well as certain bequests in a trust, are not subject to estate tax. Because these gifts reduce the size of your estate, they also reduce the size of your estate taxes. A bequest can take one of the following forms:
  • A specific bequest of a dollar amount or of particular securities or property.
  • A residuary bequest of all or a portion of your estate after the payment of specific amounts to other beneficiaries.
  • A contingent bequest to take effect only in the event that the primary beneficiaries under your will die before you.
  • A testamentary trust which takes the form of a life income plan, the corpus of which will be paid to CATsNAP upon the death of the trust's income beneficiary.
  • Often, a bequest can be arranged simply with the addition of a codicil amending your existing will.
YOU CAN BEQUEATH:
 
  • The remainder or "residue" of your estate (what's left over after your other bequests)
  • Your entire estate
  • A percentage of your estate
  • A specific dollar amount or specific assets
  • A contingent bequest that passes to the CATsNAP in the event your primary beneficiary predeceases you.

To include a bequest to CATsNAP in your will, we suggest this simple statement:

I give, devise, and bequeath to CATsNAP at P.O. Box 456, Savoy, Illinois 61874-0456, the sum of ____ dollars (or ____% of my residual estate, otherwise describe the gift) for the general purposes and uses of the Foundation at the discretion of the Board of Directors.

CODICILS TO A WILL
If you do not want to rewrite your will you can still remember the CATsNAP by using a Codicil. As a charitable non-profit organization the Internal Revenue Service has designated the CATsNAP a 501 (c) (3) organization. Please call us for our Federal Tax ID Number.

You may specify that your gift to CATsNAP is for the ongoing support and continuation of the CATsNAP organization.